Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Basin
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite, Sericite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Manning Canyon Shale
StructureFissures And Fractures, Basin And Range
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087677
MRDS IDD008585
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.29772, -112.20024
References
VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, 1T.GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.HYATT,E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V.15, P. O07-337.MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.